October 2019
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The Clearly Evident Out of India Migration from Ancient DNA
The author argues that Indian media have ignored what the new ancient DNA papers show about a migration of Harappans into eastern Iran and Central Asia, and disputes Tony Joseph’s…
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Open Thread – Brown Pundits
Open Thread for 13 October 2019; no topic set, a general space for readers to talk about whatever they like.
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The Shias of Kashmir
Hamid Hussain traces how Shia migrants and missionaries from Iran and Iraq came to Kashmir in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and sets out where Shia communities live today, as…
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Browncast Episode 70, Urbane Cowboys on the Right
BrownCast episode 70: Razib talks to Josiah and Doug of The Urbane Cowboys about the American Right, taking in impeachment, Syria and The Dispatch, and recommends their podcast to listeners.…
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Sex and Violence in Tibetan Buddhism, a book review:
A review of Sex and Violence in Tibetan Buddhism by Mary Finnigan and Rob Hogendoorn, on the rise and fall of Sogyal Rinpoche. It covers the sexual abuse claims since…
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Open Thread – Brown Pundits
Open Thread for 6 October 2019; no topic set, a general space for readers to talk about whatever they like.
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Commentary on Adi Shankara
Razib Khan buys a cheap Kindle book on Adi Shankara, says understanding him goes a long way toward understanding elite Hinduism, while admitting a dim view of religious philosophy.
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Film Review: Drone
A film review of Drone by Major Agha Humayun Amin, who draws on his research since 2006. He faults the film for showing Karachi’s skyscrapers as Waziristan and Karachi accents…
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Film Review: Berlin Falling
Major Agha Humayun Amin reviews Berlin Falling, calling its picture of German war crimes in Kunduz historically flawed. Drawing on his own work there in 2004 to 2005, he argues…
